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.-. .- -.-- -- --- -. -.. - 2004-09-28 10:01:05 ---�....�--..--�/ �.--�....�.-�-�/ �..-.�..-�-.�/ �..�/ �-.-�-.�.�.--�/ �..�-�/ �....�.-�-..�/ �-�---�/ �-...�.�/ �-.--�---�..-�--..--�/ �.-.�.-�-.--�--�---�-.�-..�-....-�-....-�-.-.�---�..-�-.�-�.�-..�/ �-�....�.�/ �.-..�.�-�-�.�.-.�...�/ �..�-.�/ �-.--�---�..-�.-.�/ �-.�.-�--�.�.-.-.-�/ �..�/ �-..�..�-..�-.�.----.�-�/ �-.-�-.�---�.--�/ �-.-.�---�-..�.�/ �-�.-.�.-�...-�.�.-..�...�/ �--�---�.-.�.�/ �.�..-.�..-.�..�-.-.�..�.�-.�-�.-..�-.--�/ �-�....�.-�-.�/ �.-�/ �...-�---�..�-.-.�.�/ �...�..�--.�-.�.-�.-..�.-.-.-�/ �..�/ �.--.�..�-.-.�-.-�/ �..-�.--.�/ �--�-.--�...�-�.�.-.�..�---�..-�...�/ �.-�-.�-..�/ �...-�.�.-.�-.--�/ �...-�.�.-.�-.--�/ �..-.�.-�...�-�/ �--�---�.-.�...�.�/ �-.-.�---�-..�.�--..--�/ �--�.-�-.�..-�.-�.-..�.-..�-.--�/ �...�.�-.�-�--..--�/ �---�-.�/ �-�....�.�/ �...�....�---�.-.�-�.--�.-�...-�.�/ �.-.�.-�-..�..�---�/ �...�---�--�.�-�..�--�.�...�-....-�-....-�-...�---�-.--�--..--�/ �..�.----.�-..�/ �.-..�---�...-�.�/ �-�---�/ �-.-�-.�---�.--�/ �.--�....�.-�-�/ �-�....�.�-.--�.----.�.-.�.�/ �...�.-�-.--�..�-.�--.�.-.-.-* * * * * * * * * * * * .-. .- -.-- -- --- -. -.. - 2004-09-29 14:26:27 "June 2nd - The M. C. R. Road Co. put up another wire on the Telegraph poles for their own use past Geddesburgh. The wire is to extend from Detroit to Chicago." John Geddes, 1856* * * * * * * * * * * * .-..�.-�..-�.-.�.- - 2004-09-29 14:29:04 Wow--good find! Thanks for that addition to Washtenaw County telegraph history...I find it very interesting. Geddesburgh...hmm, a vanished village near current-day Geddes Road, I imagine...* * * * * * * * * * * * .-. .- -.-- -- --- -. -.. - 2004-09-29 14:41:22 "203 N. Huron Street - Cornwell Residence. This Georgian/Queen Anne-style residence was said to be the largest example of its type between Detroit and Chicago. Built by Cornelius Cornwell, a local pulp mill owner, in 1883, it boasted the first telephone in Ypsilanti." City of Ypsi Corny had a phone in the mill also. There wasn't anyone else to call. Everything was local then, not connected to lines to elsewhere. Geddesburgh is on the old maps at Dixboro Rd near the River.* * * * * * * * * * * * .-..�.-�..-�.-.�.- - 2004-09-29 14:46:53 Wow--this is great info. I had to laugh at the "there wasn't anyone else to call"--funny. Wow--the vanished Geddesburgh--I'll be scouring the maps tonight; thanks for the info, .-. .- -.-- -- --- -. -..* * * * * * * * * * * * .-. .- -.-- -- --- -. -.. - 2004-09-29 15:07:15 While looking, see if you can find Shanghai Pit. Not a settlement, but a specific feature over there.* * * * * * * * * * * * .-..�.-�..-�.-.�.- - 2004-09-29 15:08:53 Shanghai Pit? Hmm--there was a playground in a bit of a dip over there, but this sounds like a...restaurant?* * * * * * * * * * * * add your comment: |